JISC to significantly increase funding to UKOLN - January 13, 2009
The UK's Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) has announced that it is significantly increasing its funding to UKOLN from 2009. This increase marks the rising importance of investment in a national e-infrastructure to support the UK's global competitiveness in science, research and innovation. UKOLN has been… Read More
OCLC and Atlas Systems sign deal to continue development of resource sharing services - January 13, 2009
Global library cooperative Online Computer Library Center, Inc. (OCLC), US, has signed an agreement with Atlas Systems, creator of ILLiad and Odyssey resource sharing management software. Under the deal, OCLC will continue to support ILLiad and Odyssey and, in partnership with Atlas Systems, integrate the software… Read More
Credo Reference receives highest ratings in Library Journal’s E-Reference Ratings - January 13, 2009
Online reference library Credo Reference, US, garnered the highest scores of all 176 titles from 60 publishers evaluated in Library Journal's new 2009 E-Reference Ratings feature published in the November 15, 2008 issue. Library Journal reviewed the best-known and respected electronic reference resources in fourteen key… Read More
Papers from the 10th International Workshop on the Fast Ignition of Fusion Targets available free to read online - January 13, 2009
Non-profit scientific publisher Institute of Physics Publishing (IOP), UK, has announced that the latest issue of the journal Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion features eight articles based on presentations at the 10th International Workshop on the Fast Ignition of Fusion Targets. These articles will be free… Read More
Emerald to showcase eBook Series Collection at ALA Midwinter Meeting 2009 - January 13, 2009
Academic and professional literature publisher Emerald Group Publishing Ltd., UK, has announced that it will launch its eBook series collections at the forthcoming American Library Association Meeting and mark the first anniversary of the acquisition of the Elsevier books and book series undertaken a year ago.… Read More
Inderscience appoints new editors for IJ Technology Marketing - January 13, 2009
STM and business publisher Inderscience, Switzerland, has announced the appointment of new editors for the journal International Journal of Technology Marketing. Alexander Brem from the Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nuremberg in Germany, and Éric Viardot of the CERAM Business School in France are the new editors who… Read More
